US2197791A - Tent - Google Patents

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April 23, 1940. 5, c Y 2,197,791

TENT

Filed Aug. 14, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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TENT

Filed Aug. 14, 1936 2 sheets sheet 2 IN V ENTOR.

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TENT, Schuyler 0. E1165, Kalamazoo, Mich. Application August 14,136,SerialNo. 96,066

'4 Claims. (01. 1354) tents there have been employed guy ropes, stakes and the like, and for sleeping accommodations of the occupants it has been necessary to set up cots or folding beds;

10 This invention has for its objects:

First, to produce a new and improved tent of the class above mentioned.

Second, to produce such a tent which may be foldedinto a compact package for easy transportation.

' Third, to produce such a tent that is light in weight andmade of a minimum number of parts.

Fourth, to provide such a tent that will accommodate a large number of occupants in small 20 space,-leavingsufficient space in the tent for purposes other 'than'sleeping purposes. Fifth; to provide such a tent in which the bunks are an integral part of the framework of the tent'and'serve to brace and support the framework, thereby eliminating many unnecessary parts;

Objects pertaining to details of construction and operation will appear from the detailed description to follow. The invention is defined in the claims. A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my. invention is, illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which'z" I Fig. 1 is a top plan View of the framework of myimproved tent in set-up position.

Fig. '2 is a side elevation of the framework showing the canvas cover therefor extending over a portion of the framework.

I I Fig. 8 is a detail plan view, partly in section, of the peak member employed in the tent. I

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, taken on line 4-4 of'Fig. 3. v

Fig. 5 is 'a detail view, partly in section, of a fixture imposition on the end of one of the top ribsof the tent, taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. l is a detail view, partly in section, showing the means of attaching the bunk frames to the supporting uprights, taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 8. v

. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view taken on line 8-8 of Fig. '7.

Fig. .9 is a perspective view of one of the bunk frames,

fixtures 1 which are preferably castings.

Fig. 10-is a view of the framework of the tent in folded position for transportation.

Fig. 11 is a detail view of an end of one of the supporting uprights and one of the top ribs of the tent in folded position. i

Fig. 12 is a view of a spacer bar for use in the doorway of'the tent. X

Fig. 13 is a view in section showing the peak member and means for closing the opening therein when a stove is not used inthe tent, as in the summer time.

In the drawings Ishow my improved support-- ing framework for a folding tent. The top of the tent is substantially conical in form and is made upof a peak member I and a plurality of radiating ribs 2. The peak member is preferably made in the form ofa casting, substantially conical in form, provided on its outer surface with raised webs 3 disposed in pairs thereabout and forming therebetween slots or channels 4. A centralaperture 5 for a. stove pipe or the like is provided in the peak member. It will be noted that most of the slots4 are spaced equally but that the slots I04. and 204 are spaced more closely together so that the ribs ,2 extending therefrom will lead to an entrance opening for the tent. At the 'periphery :of the peak member the bottoms of the slots 4 open completely'through the, peak member, as at 5. The ribs 2 are preferably made oilinch pipe or tubing and are pivoted in the slots 4, as shown, by rivets 6 which extent through the webs 3 and theinner ends of theribs 2 and are disposed above the opens 1 ings' 5 in the bottoms of the slots 4 so that the ribs 2 may be folded umbrella-wise as shown in Fig. 10.

;At the free ends of the ribs 2 are provided The endsof the ribs' 2' are fitted in bores-8 in the fixtures] and are riveted in place byrivets 9. Ears, I!) extend on each side of the fittings and are disposed to lieon each side of the'ribs 2. Bores ll are provided in the ears. The free ends of the ribs'are connected by tie rods l2 consisting of metal rods with the ends i3 bent at right angles. The ends I3 of the rod fit in the bores II and serve to hold the ends of the ribs 2 in spaced relation. A tie rod I|2 slightly shorter than the tie rod [2 is employed across the entrance Hi. In the bottoms of the fixtures 1 I provide slots 15.

Upright supporting members I6 are provided which are preferably steel T beams having a flange I1 about 1% inches in width and a stem l8 about 1 /2. inches deep. The stem N3 of the l top of the T beam supporting member I6 is fitted in the slot I5 and is pivoted in place with a bolt I9 so that the uprights I6 may be detached from the fixtures or may be folded back along the ribs 2, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11. A spacer bar 26 is provided to be placedacross the bottom of the entrance I4 of the tent to hold the uprights I6 on each side of the tent properly spaced apart. This spacer is merely a bar having members 2I at the ends thereof cut away as at 22 to fit the T beams I6.

T0 brace and join together the uprights I6 I provide a plurality of trapezoidal bunk frames 23 formed of angle irons so that at the ends of the bunks there are flanges 24 extending down- Wardly. At the ends of the flanges 24 are downwardly-facing slots 26 adapted to be fitted over headed studs on the uprights-l6 to detachably hold and brace the uprights. Springs 21 may be provided in the bunk frames 23. The bunk frames 23 are disposed in two tiers 28, 29 around the periphery of the tent and serve to join substantially all of the uprights I6 each to thenext adjacent uprights, and the trapezoidal shape, of the bunk frames permits the frames to be fitted end to end around the tent. The trapezoidal bunk frames 23 have two parallel sides, the longer of which is shown at 33 and the shorter at M. Thelonger sides 33 are disposed outwardly when the bunk frames are in position in the tent and the bunk frames are fastened to the uprights I6 by a pair of headed studs 32, one, disposed on each side of the stem I8 of each upright. The headed studs are joined by a single rivet 33 and fit within the slots 26 in the end flanges 23 of the bunk frames. To place the bunk frames in position the slots 26 are placed over the headed studs 32 and a fastening member 34 pivoted at 35 on the stem I8 of the upright I6 is swung to the full line position shown in Fig. 7,

locking the bunk frame in position. To' remove the bunk frame, the member 34 is moved to the dotted line position shownin Fig. 7.

To support the inner ends .of the bunk frames I provide vertical supporting members 36. These are preferably T beams and the stems thereof are provided with headed studs similar to the headed studs 32. The slots 26 adjacent the ends of the shorter parallel sides of the trapezoidal bunk frames 23 fit over these studs and are locked in position so that the inner edges of the bunk frames are locked to the supports 36 and are also joined to one another at their ends so as to produce a substantially integral structure which supports the bunk frames and also braces and supports the framework of the tent so that guy ropes and stakes are unnecessary for supporting the frame.

A canvas covering 31 is provided to fit over the framework. At the top of the cover is a substantially conical sheet metal member 38 which is apertured at 38. The member 38 fits the top of the peak member I and the aperture' 39 registers with the aperture 5 in'the peak member I. The canvas cover is fastened to the'membe'r 38, as shown in Fig. 13, the canvas 3! lying under the sheet metal member 33. A ring-"45 clamps the canvas in position and rivets '30 hold the members assembled. A conical cap II is provided to fit over the openings 39 and 5, which cap is hinged at 22 to the member 38 at a point spaced from the aperture 39 so that when a stove pipe 453 leading from a stove E4 is inserted through the openings 5 and 39'the cap 4| is moved to the fullline position shown-in Fig.- 13.

If it is not desired to have a stove in the tent the pipe 43 will be removed and. the cap is in position to fall by gravity over the openings 39 and 5 to close them as shown in'dotted lines in Fig. 13. It will be apparent that when the pipe 43 has been inserted the cap 4! rests against it so that it will fall by gravity to cover the opening should the pipe be removed.

I have shown my improvements in the form preferred by me, but I. am aware that other forms and modifications are possible and will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and I wish to claim the invention broadly'as well as specifically, as pointed out in the appended claims.

Having thusdescn'bed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. In a tent, the combination of a plurality of vertical supportsdisp'osed at the periphery of the tent, a plurality of frames disposed in two tiers peripherally around the tent with their outer edges extending between, and joining said supports to form therewith a continuous enclosing structural member, said frames extending inwardly from the periphery. of the tent and having a plurality of vertical supports disposed at the innermost projecting cornersof the frames and joined to and connecting said innermost ber is shorter than the continuous structural member formed by said first mentioned supports and the outer. edges of said frames, whereby said frames are joined to and brace substantially all of the supports each to the next adjacent suppor 2. In a tent, the combination of a plurality vof vertical supports disposed at the periphery of the tent, a plurality of frames disposed peripherally around the tent with their outer edges extending between and joining said supports to. form there with a continuous enclosing structural member, said frames extending inwardly from the periphery of the tent and having a plurality of vertical supports disposed at the innermost projecting corners of the frames and joined to and connecting said innermost corners of adjacent frames to form with the innerv edge of said frames a continuous structural member, the width of said supports and the length of the inner and. outer frame edges being such that said second mentioned structural member is vertical supports, a plurality of frames disposed in two tiers peripherally around the tentwith I 1 corners of, adjacent frames to said supports to 15 peripherally around the tent with their outer edges extending between said supports, means on said supports and frames to detachably connect said supports and frames to form with the outer edges of said frames and said supports a continuous enclosing structural member, said frame extending inwardly frornthe periphery ofthe tent and having a plurality of vertical supports disposed at the innermost projecting cor ners of the frames, and means on said second mentioned supports and on said frames detachably joining and connecting the innermost corners of adjacent frames to said supports to form with said supports and the inneredges of said frames a continuous structural member, the width or said supports and the length of the said second mentioned structural member is shorter than the continuous structural member outer edges of said frames, whereby said frames are joined to and bracesubstantially all of the supports each to the next adjacent support SCHUYLER C. EDDY.

I10 inner and outer frame edges being such that l I formed by said first mentioned supports and the

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